Salary Calculator
Convert hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, and annual pay. Adjusts for holidays and vacation.
Annual salary
$60,000.00
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A salary calculator converts pay between every common period: hourly, daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, and annual. It is the fast way to compare a job offer stated one way against your current pay stated another.
Enter any one figure along with your hours per week and weeks worked per year, and the tool fills in all the others. You can adjust for paid holidays and vacation to reflect the hours you actually work.
These are gross conversions, before taxes and deductions. They answer 'what does this rate come to over a year,' which is the starting point for comparing offers and budgeting.
How this calculator works
The standard full-time work year is 2,080 hours: 40 hours a week times 52 weeks. From an hourly rate, annual pay is rate times hours per week times weeks per year; the calculator then divides that annual figure into the other periods (÷ 12 for monthly, ÷ 26 for biweekly, ÷ 52 for weekly, and so on). Going the other way, it divides an annual salary by the hours worked to recover the hourly rate. Adjusting for unpaid time off lowers the hours worked, which raises the effective hourly rate implied by a fixed salary, since the same pay covers fewer hours.
What affects the number
- Hours per week and weeks per year define the work-year total that all conversions are based on.
- Paid versus unpaid time off changes the effective hourly rate a salary implies.
- Pay frequency (biweekly has 26 checks, semimonthly has 24) changes the size of each check but not annual pay.
- Overtime, bonuses, and commissions are usually excluded from a base-pay conversion and should be added separately.
- These figures are gross; taxes and deductions reduce take-home pay by roughly 20% to 35%.
- Benefits like health insurance and retirement matching add real value that a raw pay number does not capture.
Frequently asked questions
How many work hours are in a year?
A standard full-time year is 2,080 hours, from 40 hours a week times 52 weeks. If you take unpaid time off, your actual hours are lower, which raises the effective hourly value of a fixed annual salary.
What is the difference between biweekly and semimonthly pay?
Biweekly means every two weeks, which produces 26 paychecks a year. Semimonthly means twice a month, producing 24 paychecks. Biweekly checks are slightly smaller because the same annual pay is split into more of them, and two months a year have three biweekly checks.
Are these numbers before or after taxes?
They are gross figures, before income tax, Social Security, Medicare, and deductions. To estimate what actually reaches your account, use a paycheck calculator, since take-home is typically 65% to 80% of gross depending on your situation.
How do I compare two job offers?
Convert both to the same period, usually annual, then look beyond base pay to benefits, retirement matching, bonus potential, and paid time off. A lower salary with strong benefits and more vacation can be worth more than a higher salary without them.
This calculator provides general estimates for educational purposes only and is not financial, medical, legal, or tax advice. Your actual results depend on your specific situation and current rates.